Canada Health Transfer, Canada Social Transfer and Wait Times Reduction Transfer Regulations

5 (1) The Chief Statistician of Canada shall, in respect of each fiscal year, prepare and submit to the Minister, not later than 30 months after the end of the fiscal year, a certificate in respect of that fiscal year based on the most recent information prepared by Statistics Canada for that fiscal year, setting out, in respect of each province, the population of the province for the fiscal years required by the Act.

(2) Within 30 days after the receipt by the Minister of the certificate submitted by the Chief Statistician of Canada under subsection (1) in respect of a fiscal year, the Minister shall make the final computation on the basis of the information contained in that certificate of the amount, if any, of the transfer payment that is payable for that fiscal year under the Act to a province, and the Minister shall subsequently furnish each province with tables setting out the details of that computation.

(3) If a final computation made under subsection (2) establishes that there remains an outstanding amount payable to a province in respect of a fiscal year, the Minister shall pay to the province the outstanding amount.

(4) If a final computation made under subsection (2) establishes that an overpayment has been made to a province in respect of a fiscal year, the Minister shall recover the amount of the overpayment

• (a) from any amount payable to the province under the Act; or

• (b) from the province as a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.